The research goal was not only to achieve understanding of the current condition of IFLs but also to measure their loss between 2000 and 2013 and to analyse the various factors contributing to their destruction. The analysis of satellite images demonstrated that there are three key factors contributing to the reduction in the area of IFLs, including loss resulting from fragmentation. These are: logging and building of roads for timber transportation; forest fires; mining and prospecting, development of infrastructure and transportation of minerals, oil and gas.

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According to WWF, the concept of sustainable multifunctional landscape developed within the framework of the WWF project “New generation plantations” for countries with temperate and tropical climate, can be used in the transition of the Russian forestry to an intensive model.

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Intensive forestry: a duty or a recognized need? Interviews with the participants of an International Paper workshop on intensive forestry.

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